This is a micro fiction wrote by Kate
Chopin, the writer described that a poor young housewife how to deal with her
unexpected money that she pick up on the street. To begin with, she thought
about it carefully and finally decided to spend all the 15 dollars she found to
buy some nice stuff for her family members. She planned to buy a pair of shoes
for her daughter, and buy some clothes to make shirt as a gift to her boys,
also she hope there will be enough money left to buy two stockings per child.
However, after she arrived the department store, a kind of wired force pushed
her to buy a pair of black silk stocking for herself instead her for her
children. Then, she bought her boots and gloves without control. Before went
back home, she went to an expensive restaurant to have a good dinner as an
elegant lady. At the end, she took the subway to home with her new dress. She
was really having a sense of satisfaction.
In my opinion, the main character in
this fiction, Mrs.Sommers, is a typical sacrifice of the conservative society. At
that time females are lower positions compared with males. For them, the most relevant
part of life is their family, they have
to use up all the life to take care their husband and kids. It is hard for them
to own selfhood. That is why the first thought of her is how to use this money
to buy some good stuff for her children. Nevertheless, Mrs.Sommers bought all
the stuff for herself. "She had let herself be controlled by some
machine-like force that directed her actions and free her of
responsibility." What kind of machine-like force? I think it should be her
deep pride in her mind. At that old time, she lacked of possession of
self-assertion as most housewives. In the end, she felt a sense of satisfaction
she never had just because she spent 15 dollars on her personal stuff!
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